JP2006352234A - Handover method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handover method capable of immediately receiving a packet addressed to a mobile station after the mobile station connects to a FA of a moving destination. <P>SOLUTION: For example, the handover method includes the steps of: a MN (1) for transmitting a position registration message including a HoA and a radio ID to a FA (21); the FA (21) for informing a FA (22) about a MAC address, the HoA and the radio ID; and the FA (22) for acquiring the MAC address and the HoA on the basis of the radio ID included in an L2 trigger message when the MN (1) moves from a coverage of the FA (21) to a coverage of the FA (22) and the FA (22) receives the L2 trigger message and for transferring a data packet set with the MAC address to a destination address of the MAC frame when receiving the data packet addressed to the MN (1) thereafter. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a handover method used in a mobile IP (Internet Protocol) network. In particular, in a mobile IP network, a mobile terminal moves from a subordinate of a specific base station to a subordinate of another base station. The present invention relates to a handover method.

  In recent years, there are increasing opportunities to connect terminals such as so-called notebook PCs to the Internet by using a wireless local area network (LAN) in places other than offices and homes. Such services (Internet connection services using wireless LANs) ) Is increasing. The area (access point) where the Internet connection service by the wireless LAN is provided is from the conventional spot-like service (a service in which the user can move only within the area without overlapping the areas). A plurality of areas are provided so as to overlap each other. Therefore, the user can use the wireless LAN while moving between different areas. In order to use a wireless LAN while moving, a wireless terminal (mobile station) performs location registration every time it moves in an area and performs a handover (each time an access point is changed), and a home agent (Home Agent) , Hereinafter referred to as HA), it is necessary to update the information on the current position.

  Here, as a conventional handover method in the case of using a wireless LAN while moving, for example, a process as described in Patent Document 1 below is disclosed. According to the description in Patent Document 1 below, a mobile station connected to a wireless LAN moves to a foreign agent (Foreign Agent, hereinafter referred to as FA), which is a new area (different from that previously connected). Then, a location registration message including its own MAC (Media Access Control) address is transmitted to a new (destination) FA, and the FA that has received the location registration message further sends the location registration message to the upper layer. Transfer to gateway FA.

  The gateway FA stores the home address, care-of address, and MAC address of the mobile station included in the received location registration message in the management table. After that, when the gateway FA receives the bicast transmission request message from the base station in which the mobile station is accommodated (destination), the gateway FA broadcasts packets to the destination FA and the FA before movement (by-pass). Cast transmission) is started, and a bicast transmission response message including the MAC address of the mobile station is transmitted to the destination FA. The destination FA transmits a bicast packet in which the MAC address of the mobile station is set as the destination address of the MAC frame. Note that a base station is connected to the FA, and the mobile station communicates with the FA via this base station.

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  However, according to the conventional handover method described above, the mobile station notifies the FA of its own MAC address after detecting the FA of the movement destination. Therefore, when the packet cannot be transmitted by bicast before the handover process ends, and when a wireless layer address is assigned between the mobile station and the base station, the wireless layer address and the IP (Internet Protocol) ) There is a problem that it is impossible to correspond to an address or a MAC address.

  Furthermore, the conventional handover method does not include a mechanism for detecting duplication or omission of bicast packets before and after handover. Therefore, there is a problem that data continuity cannot be guaranteed before and after handover.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a handover method in which a mobile station can receive a packet addressed to itself immediately after connecting to a foreign agent at a destination. To do.

  It is another object of the present invention to provide a handover method that can guarantee continuity of data before and after handover.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the handover method according to the present invention is a mobile IP network including a home agent (HA), a foreign agent (FA), a mobile terminal or a router (MN). , A handover method when moving from a subordinate of a base station connected to a specific FA to a subordinate of a base station connected to another FA, for example, where the MN has a home address (HoA) and a radio layer address ( A location registration step of transmitting a location registration message including a wireless ID) to a connected FA (first FA) via a base station, and the first FA includes the MAC address, HoA, and wireless of the MN. The correspondence relationship of the ID is notified to the FA (second FA) connected to the base station that is a candidate for the handover destination of the MN. Dress notification step, the MN moves from a subordinate of a base station connected to the first FA to a subordinate of a base station connected to the second FA, and the second FA sends an L2 trigger message When received, the second FA acquires the MN's MAC address and HoA based on the wireless ID included in the L2 trigger message, and thereafter the data packet in which the MN's HoA is set from the HA. And a handover step of transferring a data packet in which the MAC address of the MN is set as a destination address of the MAC frame when receiving a MAC frame.

  According to this invention, the location registration including the HoA, the CoA used in the FA connected via the base station, the CoA used in the FA connected to the adjacent base station, and the radio ID of the mobile station The message is sent to the connected FA, and the connected FA notifies the neighboring FA of, for example, the correspondence table of HoA, MAC address and wireless ID. , The MAC address and HoA of the MN can be known based on the wireless ID included in the L2 trigger message. Thereby, when the MN moves under the control, the adjacent FA can transfer the data packet addressed to the MN immediately after that.

  Embodiments of a handover method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a first embodiment of a mobile IP (Internet Protocol) network that realizes a handover method according to the present invention. This mobile IP network includes a mobile node (Mobile Node: a mobile terminal or a router, hereinafter referred to as MN) 1 home agent (Home Agent, hereinafter referred to as HA) 20, a foreign agent (hereinafter referred to as HA). , Described as FA) 21 and 22, and FA 21 and FA 22 are connected to HA 20. FA 21 and FA 22 accommodate a radio base station (hereinafter referred to as a base station) 11 and a base station 12, respectively, and function as an access point of MN1. The MN 1 is connected to a wireless mobile station (hereinafter referred to as a mobile station) 2 and communicates with the base station 11 or the base station 12 via the mobile station 2 by wireless connection. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the MN 1 moves together with the mobile station 2 from the base station 11 to the base station 12.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control sequence of the first embodiment among MN1, mobile station 2, base station 11, base station 12, FA21, FA22, and HA20 when the handover method according to the present invention is executed. , MN1 shows a control sequence when moving to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the FA 22 after connecting to the FA 21 via the base station 11. In the present embodiment, a mobile IP network corresponding to “Mobile IPv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4)” is used.

  Here, the control operation when the MN 1 moves to the subordinates of the base station 12 connected to the FA 22 after connecting to the FA 21 via the base station 11 will be described based on FIG. 1 and FIG. When the MN 1 communicates with the FA 21 via the base station 11, the mobile station 2 notifies the MN 1 of its own radio layer address (hereinafter referred to as a radio ID) in advance. In this state, the mobile station 2 establishes a radio link with the base station 11 (step S1). Next, the MN 1 receives a router advertisement message periodically transmitted from the FA 21 via the base station 11 and the mobile station 2, and connects to the router address of the destination FA 22 and the FA 22 included in the router advertisement message. In this case, a care-of address (Care-of Address, hereinafter referred to as CoA) is acquired (step S2).

  Next, MN1 is a location that includes CoA # 21 used in FA21, CoA # 22 used in FA22, a home address (hereinafter referred to as HoA) that is the original address of MN1, and a wireless ID. A registration message is transmitted to FA 21 (via mobile station 2 and base station 11) (step S3). The FA 21 that has received the location registration message transfers the location registration message after removing the wireless ID from the message to the HA 20 (step S4). Note that the FA 21 acquires the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the MN 1 included in the MAC frame when transmitting the location registration message.

  Further, the FA 21 transmits to the FA 22 an address notification message including a correspondence table of the MAC address of the MN 1 included in the MAC frame for transferring the location registration message, the HoA, and the radio ID of the mobile station 2 (step S6). The FA 22 that has received the address notification message holds a correspondence table of the MAC address, the wireless ID, and the HoA. When the FA 21 receives a response (location registration response) message to the transmission of the location registration message (step S5), the FA 21 transfers the response message to MN1 (step S7). The FA 21 may transmit the address notification message shown in step S6 before receiving the location registration response message.

  Next, the HA 20 registers CoA # 21 and CoA # 22 corresponding to the HoA of MN1 acquired by receiving the location registration message in the address binding list. Thereafter, when the HA 20 receives the data packet addressed to MN1, the HA 20 adds the data packet added with the capsule header including the destination address CoA # 21 and the data packet added with the capsule header including the destination address CoA # 22 to the FA 21 And multicast transmission (broadcast transmission) to the FA 22 (step S8, step S9). The FA 22 discards the received data packet before the wireless connection between the subordinate base station 12 and the mobile station 2 (to which the data packet destination MN1 is connected) is completed.

  When the MN 1 and the mobile station 2 move under the base station 12, the mobile station 2 establishes a radio link with the base station 12 as in the communication with the FA 21 described above (step S10). The base station 12 that has established a radio link with the mobile station 2 transmits an L2 trigger message including the radio ID of the mobile station 2 to the FA 22 (step S11).

  The FA 22 determines that the MN 1 has moved under control based on the wireless ID included in the received L2 trigger message, and the correspondence table of the wireless ID and the MAC address, HoA, and wireless ID received in step S6 above , Obtain the MAC address and HoA of MN1. In some cases, a combination of MAC addresses of multiple MNs and HoA is acquired from one wireless ID.

  Next, when the FA 22 that has acquired the MAC address and HoA of the MN 1 receives a data packet from the HA 20 thereafter, the FA 22 removes the capsule header, and sets the destination address set in the IP header of the IP packet and the HoA of the MN 1. Compare If they match, the data packet in which the MAC address of MN1 is set as the destination address of the MAC frame is transferred to MN1 via the base station 12 (step S13).

  When the FA 21 receives an L2 trigger message from the base station 11 for notifying that the radio link disconnection with the mobile station 2 has been detected, the FA 21 stops the packet transfer addressed to the MN 1 (steps S12 and S14).

  Next, the MN 1 receives the router advertisement message transmitted from the FA 22 (step S15), and uses the router advertisement message for information on the destination candidate FA (the router address of the destination candidate FA and the connection to the FA). If CoA) is not included, a location registration message including CoA # 22, HoA and the wireless ID of the mobile station 2 is transmitted to the FA 22 (step S16). The FA 22 that has received the location registration message transmits a location registration message including the HoA and CoA # 22 to the HA 20, and when receiving the location registration response message from the HA 20, transfers the location registration response message to the MN 1 ( Steps S17, S18, S19). Also, when HA 20 registers CoA # 22 corresponding to HoA of MN1 in the address binding list and receives a data packet addressed to MN1, it adds a capsule header including destination address CoA # 22 and sends the data packet to FA22. (Step S20).

  Note that if the information about the destination candidate FA is included in the router advertisement message received in step S15, the MN 1 executes the same processing as in steps S3 to S7. Specifically, the MN 1 transmits a location registration message including the CoA used in the movement destination candidate FA to the FA 22 in addition to the CoA # 22 and HoA used in the FA 22 and the wireless ID of the mobile station 2. Then, the FA 22 transmits to the HA 20 a location registration message including only the HoA, CoA # 22 received from the MN1, and the CoA used in the movement destination candidate FA.

  The above is a control sequence when MN1 is a terminal. When MN1 is a router, in step S3 and step S4, the location registration request includes one or a plurality of subnetwork addresses accommodated by MN1. In step S6, the FA 21 includes the subnetwork address in the address notification transmitted to the FA 22. Further, when the FA 22 receives the data packet from the HA 20 in step S8, the FA 22 removes the capsule header, and the network address portion of the destination address set in the IP header of the IP packet and the subnetwork notified in step S6. The address is compared, and if the L2 trigger message (step S11) corresponding to the corresponding network address has not been received, it is discarded. On the other hand, when the L2 trigger message has been received, the data packet in which the MAC address of MN1 is set as the destination address of the MAC frame is transferred to MN1 via the base station 12 (step S13).

  On the other hand, when the FA 21 receives an L2 trigger message from the base station 11 for notifying that a radio link disconnection with the mobile station 2 has been detected (step S12), after the capsule header of the data packet is removed from the HA 20 in step S14. If the network address portion of the destination address set in the IP header matches the subnetwork address corresponding to the wireless ID notified by the L2 trigger message, the transfer to the MN1 is stopped.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the MN receives a location registration message including the HoA, the CoA used in the current FA, the CoA used in the adjacent (destination candidate) FA, and the radio ID of the mobile station. Is sent to the current FA, and the current FA notifies the adjacent FA of the correspondence table of HoA, MAC address, and wireless ID, so when the MN has moved under the control, Based on the wireless ID included in the L2 trigger message, the MAC address and HoA of the MN can be known. As a result, the destination FA can transfer the data packet addressed to the MN immediately after the MN moves under its control. In addition, when a plurality of MNs are accommodated in the base station, the FA can acquire a combination of the MAC addresses and HoAs of a plurality of MNs at a time based on the radio IDs of the mobile stations, and data immediately after moving to the plurality of MNs. Packets can be transmitted.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described. The present embodiment uses “Mobile IPv6”, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the second embodiment of the mobile IP network for realizing the handover method according to the present invention. The mobile IP network according to the present embodiment is provided with access routers (hereinafter referred to as AR) 23 and 24 in place of the FA 21 and FA 22 of the mobile IP network of the first embodiment described above. Further, FIG. 3 shows a state in which MN 1 moves together with mobile station 2 from base station 11 to base station 12.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a control sequence of the second embodiment among MN1, mobile station 2, base station 11, base station 12, AR23, AR24 and HA20 when executing the handover method according to the present invention. A control sequence in the case where MN1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the AR 24 after connecting to the AR 23 via the base station 11 is shown. In addition, about the process similar to the operation | movement of Embodiment 1 mentioned above, the code | symbol same as the process shown in FIG. 2 is provided, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Here, the control operation when the MN 1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the AR 24 after being connected to the AR 23 via the base station 11 will be described based on FIG. 3 and FIG. The control sequence of the present embodiment includes steps S2a, S3a, S4a and S6a instead of steps S2, S3, S4 and S6 of FIG. 2 showing the control sequence of the first embodiment described above, and also includes step S21. And S22 are added. Details will be described below.

  Similar to the operation of the first embodiment, the mobile station 2 notifies the MN 1 of the radio ID and establishes a radio link with the base station 11 (step S1). The MN 1 receives the router advertisement message periodically transmitted from the AR 23, and acquires the router address and network prefix of the destination destination AR 24 and the network prefix of the AR 23 included in the router advertisement message (step S2a). ).

  Next, the MN 1 transmits a location registration message including the CoA # 23 used in the AR 23, the CoA # 24 used in the AR 24, and the HoA to the HA 20 (steps S3a and S4a). Further, the MN 1 transmits an address information message including the MAC address, the wireless ID, and the HoA to the AR 23 (Step S21). The AR 23 that has received the address information message transmits an address notification message including the correspondence table of the MAC address, the wireless ID, and the HoA to the AR 24 (step S6a).

  Next, the AR 24 that has received the address notification message holds the correspondence table included in the message, further replaces the network prefix portion of the HoA with the network prefix of the AR 24, and the care-of address CoA # used by the MN 1 under the AR 24. 24 is generated. When the AR 23 receives a location registration response message for the location registration message transmitted in step S4a (step S5), the AR 23 transfers the response message to MN 1 (step S7). MN1 may transmit the address information message shown in step S21 before receiving the location registration response message.

  Next, the HA 20 registers CoA # 23 and CoA # 24 corresponding to the HoA of MN1 acquired by receiving the location registration message in the address binding list. Thereafter, when the HA 20 receives the data packet addressed to MN1, the AR 20 adds the data packet to which the capsule header including the destination address CoA # 23 is added and the data packet to which the capsule header including the destination address CoA # 24 is added, respectively. And multicast transmission to AR 24 (steps S8 and S9). The AR 24 discards the received data packet before the wireless connection between the subordinate base station 12 and the mobile station 2 is completed.

  After that, when MN1 and mobile station 2 move under the control of base station 12, the radio link establishment operation between mobile station 2 and base station 12, and mobile station 2 and base station 12 as in the first embodiment described above. The transmission process of the L2 trigger message addressed to the AR 24 indicating the establishment of the radio link to the AR 24 is performed (steps S10 and S11), and the AR 24 that has received the L2 trigger message, based on the radio ID included in the L2 trigger message, And MN1's MAC address, HoA, and CoA # 24 are acquired. In some cases, a combination of a plurality of MN MAC addresses, HoA, and CoA is acquired from one wireless ID.

  When the AR 24 subsequently receives a data packet from the HA 20, the AR 24 removes the capsule header and compares the destination address set in the IP header of the IP packet with CoA # 24. If they match, the data packet in which the MAC address of MN1 is set as the destination address of the MAC frame is transferred to MN1 (step S13). When the AR 24 receives a data packet directly from the partner terminal (Correspondent Node, hereinafter referred to as CN) that is the communication partner of the MN 1 without going through the HA 20, the AR 24 displays the destination address and CoA # 24 or the routing header. The included address is compared with the HoA of MN1. If they match, the data packet in which the MAC address of MN1 is set as the destination address of the MAC frame is transferred to MN1 (step S22).

  When the AR 23 receives an L2 trigger message for notifying that the radio link disconnection with the mobile station 2 has been detected from the base station 11, the AR 23 stops the packet transfer addressed to the MN 1 (steps S12 and S14).

  Next, the MN 1 receives the router advertisement message transmitted from the AR 24 (step S15), and the router advertisement message does not include the information of the movement destination candidate AR (the router address and the network prefix of the movement destination candidate AR). In this case, a location registration message including CoA # 24 and HoA is transmitted to AR 24 (step S16a), and further, the same processing as in steps S17 to S20 is executed (steps S17, S18, S19, S20). .

  If the information about the destination candidate AR is included in the router advertisement message received in step S15, the MN1 executes the same processing as in steps S3a to S6a (steps S3a, S4a, S5, S7). , S21, S6a).

  As described above, in this embodiment, the MN transmits an address information message including the HoA, MAC address, and radio ID to the AR, and the AR is adjacent to the correspondence table of the HoA, MAC address, and radio ID. Since the notification is made to the AR (destination candidate), the neighboring AR can automatically generate the CoA for the MN, and further, based on the radio ID included in the L2 trigger message, the MAC address of the MN, HoA and CoA can be obtained. As a result, the AR at the movement destination can perform the operation immediately after the MN moves under the control, regardless of whether the data packet reception via the HA or the data packet reception not via the HA is performed. Data packets addressed to the MN can be transferred. In addition, when a plurality of MNs are accommodated in the base station, the AR can acquire a combination of a plurality of MN's MAC address, HoA and CoA at a time based on the mobile station's radio ID, and move to a plurality of MNs. Packets can be transmitted immediately after.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
Subsequently, the operation of the third embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, in the handover method of the first embodiment described above, instead of identifying a mobile station based on radio ID information, a mobile station is identified based on MAC address information. . The configuration of the mobile IP network of the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment described above.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a control sequence of Embodiment 3 among MN1, mobile station 2, base station 11, base station 12, FA21, FA22 and HA20 when executing the handover method according to the present invention, The control sequence in the case where MN1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the FA 22 after connecting to the FA 21 via the base station 11 is shown. In addition, about the process similar to the operation | movement of Embodiment 1 mentioned above, the code | symbol same as the process shown in FIG. 2 is provided, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Here, the control operation when the MN 1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the FA 22 after connecting to the FA 21 via the base station 11 will be described based on FIG. 1 and FIG. The control sequence of the present embodiment includes steps S3b, S6b, S11b, and S12b instead of steps S3, S6, S11, and S12 of FIG. 2 showing the control sequence of the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, it is not necessary for MN 1 to acquire the wireless ID of mobile station 2 in advance.

  Similar to the first embodiment, MN1 and mobile station 2 execute steps S1 and S2, and perform location registration including CoA # 21 used in FA21, CoA # 22 used in FA22, and HoA of MN1. A message is transmitted to FA21 (step S3b). The FA 21 that has received the location registration message executes step S4, and further sends an address notification message including the MAC address of the MN 1 and the HoA correspondence table included in the MAC frame for transferring the location registration message to the FA 22. (Step S6b). The FA 22 that has received the address notification message holds the correspondence table. When the FA 21 receives a response (location registration response) message to step S4 (step S5), the FA 21 transfers the response message to MN1 (step S7).

  Next, the HA 20 registers the CoA # 21 and CoA # 22 acquired in step S4 in the address binding list, and thereafter receives the data packet addressed to the MN1, the same as when receiving the data packet in the first embodiment. The above data packets are bicast transmitted to the FA 21 and FA 22 respectively (steps S8 and S9).

  Thereafter, when MN1 and mobile station 2 move under the control of base station 12, base station 12 that has established a radio link with mobile station 2 transmits an L2 trigger message including the MAC address of MN1 (step S11b).

  Based on the MAC address included in the received L2 trigger message, the FA 22 determines that the MN1 has moved under its control, and the MAC address and the correspondence table of the MAC address and HoA received in step S6b are as follows. Based on this, the HoA of MN1 is acquired. When the FA 22 subsequently receives a data packet from the HA 20, the FA 22 removes the capsule header and compares the destination address set in the IP header of the IP packet with the HoA of the MN 1. If they match, a data packet in which the MAC address of MN1 is set as the destination address of the Ethernet (registered trademark) frame is transferred to MN1 (step S13).

  When the FA 21 receives an L2 trigger message from the base station 11 for notifying that a radio link disconnection with the mobile station 2 has been detected, the FA 21 stops forwarding packets addressed to the MN 1 (steps S12b and S14).

  Next, MN1 receives the router advertisement message transmitted from FA22 (step S15), and if it does not include information on the destination candidate FA, it includes CoA # 22 used in FA22 and HoA of MN1. A location registration message is transmitted to FA 22 (step S16b).

  The above is a control sequence when MN1 is a terminal. When MN1 is a router, one or a plurality of subnetwork addresses accommodated by MN1 are included in the location registration request in step S3b and step S4. At the same time, in step S6b, the FA 21 includes the subnetwork address in the address notification transmitted to the FA 22. Further, when the FA 22 receives the data packet from the HA 20 in step 8, the FA 22 removes the capsule header, and the network address portion of the destination address set in the IP header of the IP packet and the subnetwork notified in step S6. The address is compared, and if the L2 trigger message (step S11b) corresponding to the corresponding network address has not been received, it is discarded. On the other hand, when the L2 trigger message has been received, the data packet in which the MAC address of MN1 is set as the destination address of the MAC frame is transferred to MN1 via the base station 12 (step S13).

  On the other hand, when the FA 21 receives an L2 trigger message from the base station 11 for notifying that a radio link disconnection with the mobile station 2 has been detected (step S12), after the capsule header of the data packet is removed from the HA 20 in step S14. If the network address portion of the destination address set in the IP header matches the subnetwork address associated with the MAC address notified by the L2 trigger message, the transfer to the MN1 is stopped.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the FA acquires the HoA and MAC address from the MN and notifies them to the adjacent (movement destination candidate) FA. When moving to a subordinate, the HoA of the MN can be acquired based on the MAC address included in the L2 trigger message. As a result, the destination FA can transfer the data packet addressed to the MN immediately after the MN moves under its control.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, in the handover method of the second embodiment described above, instead of identifying a mobile station based on radio ID information, the mobile station is identified based on MAC address information. . The configuration of the mobile IP network of the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 3 of the second embodiment described above.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a control sequence of Embodiment 4 among MN1, mobile station 2, base station 11, base station 12, AR23, AR24 and HA20 when executing the handover method according to the present invention, A control sequence in the case where the MN 1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the AR 24 after being connected to the AR 23 via the base station 11 is shown. In addition, about the process similar to the operation | movement of Embodiment 2 mentioned above, the code | symbol same as the process shown in the said FIG. 4 is provided, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Here, the control operation when the MN 1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the AR 24 after connecting to the AR 23 via the base station 11 will be described based on FIG. 3 and FIG. The control sequence of the present embodiment includes steps S21c, S6c, S11c, and S12c instead of steps S21, S6a, S11, and S12 of FIG. 4 showing the control sequence of the second embodiment described above. In the present embodiment, it is not necessary for MN 1 to acquire the wireless ID of mobile station 2 in advance.

  The MN1 or the mobile station 2 executes the processing of steps S1, S2a, S3a, S4a, S5, and S7 as in the second embodiment, and further sends an address information message including the MAC address and HoA of MN1 to the AR23. It transmits to address (step S21c). The AR 23 that has received the address information message transmits an address notification message including the MAC address and HoA correspondence table to the AR 24 (step S6c).

  Next, the AR 24 that has received the address notification message holds the correspondence table included in the message, further replaces the network prefix portion of the HoA with the network prefix of the AR 24, and the care-of address CoA used by the MN 1 under the AR 24. # 24 is generated.

  Thereafter, when the MN 1 and the mobile station 2 move under the control of the base station 12, the radio link establishment operation between the mobile station 2 and the base station 12 and the radio link establishment between the mobile station 2 and the base station 12 are addressed to the AR 24. The transmission process of the L2 trigger message is performed (step S10, step S11c), and the AR 24 that has received the L2 trigger message determines that MN1 has moved under the control of the MN1 based on the MAC address included in the L2 trigger message. Obtain HoA and CoA # 24. Thereafter, the operation is the same as in the second embodiment.

  When the AR 23 receives an L2 trigger message for notifying that the radio link disconnection with the mobile station 2 has been detected from the base station 11, the AR 23 stops the packet transfer addressed to the MN 1 (steps S12c and S14).

  Thus, in this embodiment, the AR connected to the MN via the base station notifies the MN's HoA and MAC address to the adjacent (MN's destination candidate) AR. The neighboring AR can automatically generate the CoA for the MN, and can acquire the HoA and CoA of the MN based on the MAC address of the MN included in the L2 trigger message. As a result, the destination AR can perform the operation immediately after the MN moves under the control, regardless of whether the data packet reception via the HA or the data packet reception not via the HA is performed. Data packets addressed to the MN can be transferred.

Embodiment 5. FIG.
Next, the operation of the fifth embodiment will be described. The present embodiment has a feature in the router advertisement message acquisition process in the handover method described in the first embodiment or the third embodiment. The configuration of the mobile IP network of the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment described above.

  FIG. 7 shows a router advertisement message acquisition process according to the fifth embodiment included in the handover method according to the present invention, that is, an embodiment among MN1, mobile station 2, base station 11, base station 12, FA11, FA12 and HA20. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a control sequence of FIG. In addition, about the process similar to the operation | movement of Embodiment 1 mentioned above, the code | symbol same as the process shown in FIG. 2 is provided, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. Further, the control operations of the parts other than the control sequence shown in FIG. 7 are the same as the operations included in the first or third embodiment described above.

  Here, a control operation for performing location registration with respect to the HA 20 after the MN 1 is connected to the FA 22 via the base station 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. In performing the following control operation, the FA 22 performs the above-described correspondence table acquisition operation of the first embodiment or the third embodiment (step S6 in FIG. 2 and related processing or step S6b in FIG. 5 and this). It is assumed that the processing related to

  For example, when MN1 and mobile station 2 move under the control of base station 12, base station 12 establishes a radio link with mobile station 2, and then transmits an L2 trigger message to FA 22 (steps S10 and S11d). When the FA 22 receives the L2 trigger message, the FA 22 detects the wireless ID (when applied to the first embodiment) or the MAC address (when applied to the third embodiment) included in the message, and the MN 1 moves down. If it is determined that the router advertisement message is immediately sent, the router advertisement message in which the HoA of MN1 is set as the destination address is transmitted to MN1 (step S15d). When receiving the router advertisement message, MN1 transmits a location registration message to HA20 (steps S16 and S17), as in the first and third embodiments. When HA20 receives the location registration message, After executing the location registration process, a location registration response message is returned to MN1 (steps S18 and S19).

  Note that the router advertisement message acquisition process of the present embodiment is not limited to the above-described first and third embodiments that use “Mobile IPv4”, but is applied to the second and fourth embodiments that use “Mobile IPv6”. It is also possible to do.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the FA transmits a router advertisement message only to the MN immediately after receiving the L2 trigger message indicating that the MN has moved under the control. This eliminates the need for the MN to wait for the router advertisement message to be transmitted from the FA at a fixed period, and can acquire the CoA used at the movement destination immediately after the movement, and register the location immediately after connecting to the movement destination FA. Can be started. Further, the MN can omit the transmission of the router solicitation message for requesting the destination FA to transmit the router advertisement message, and can prevent unnecessary consumption of communication resources. Furthermore, since the FA transmits the router advertisement message only to the MN that needs to receive the router advertisement message, other MNs can avoid receiving invalid data packets.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
Next, the operation of the sixth embodiment will be described. The present embodiment is characterized by including an error recovery procedure for recovering the loss of data packets before and after the FA is changed when the FA to be connected is changed due to movement of the MN. The configuration of the mobile IP network of the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment described above.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a control sequence of the sixth embodiment among MN1, mobile station 2, base station 11, base station 12, FA21, FA22 and HA20 when executing the handover method according to the present invention, The control sequence in the case where MN1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the FA 22 after connecting to the FA 21 via the base station 11 is shown. In addition, about the process similar to the operation | movement of Embodiment 1 mentioned above, the code | symbol same as the process shown in FIG. 2 is provided, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Here, the control operation (error recovery procedure) for recovering the loss of the data packet when the MN 1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the FA 22 after connecting to the FA 21 via the base station 11 is shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. The control sequence of the present embodiment includes steps S31 to S40 in place of steps S8, S9, S13, S14 and S20 of FIG. 2 showing the control sequence of the first embodiment.

  For example, MN1, mobile station 2, FA21, and HA20 execute the processes of steps S1 to S7 as in the first embodiment. Then, the HA 20 registers CoA # 21 and CoA # 22 corresponding to the HoA of MN1 acquired by receiving the location registration message in the address binding list. Thereafter, when receiving a data packet addressed to MN1, HA 20 adds the above-mentioned data packet to which the capsule header including the destination address CoA # 21 and the sequence number is added, and the capsule header including the destination address CoA # 22 and the sequence number. The data packet is multicast-transmitted to FA21 and FA22, respectively (steps S31, S32, S33, S34, S35, S36).

  The FA 22 accumulates a certain number of received data packets addressed to the MN 1 before the wireless connection between the subordinate base station 12 and the mobile station 2 (to which the data packet destination MN 1 is connected) is completed. If the number exceeds the threshold, the data packet with the old sequence number is discarded, and the data packet with the latest sequence number (last received) is stored to store a certain number of the latest received packets. . In addition, the FA 22 discards packets accumulated for a certain time or more. In addition, when data packets addressed to MNs other than MN1 are received and before the MN moves under the control, these data packets are similarly used until a threshold value is exceeded, or for a certain period of time after accumulation. Accumulate until elapses.

  Next, when the MN 1 and the mobile station 2 move under the control of the base station 12, the base station 12 that has established a radio link with the mobile station 2 transmits, for example, an L2 trigger message including the radio ID of the MN 1 (step) S11). The FA 22 receives the wireless ID included in the L2 trigger message to recognize that the MN 1 has moved under the control. At this time, the FA 22 temporarily stops the data packet discarding process.

  Next, after the mobile station 2 establishes a wireless link with the base station 12, the MN 1 transmits a delivery confirmation notification message including the sequence number information of the data packet expected to be received next to the FA 22 (step S37). For example, in FIG. 8, since MN1 could not receive the packet of sequence number 4, sequence number 4 is the number that is expected to be received next. Receiving the notification of sequence number 4, FA 22 extracts the data packet of sequence number 4 from the data packets received and stored as information addressed to MN1, and transmits it to MN1 (step S38). Then, after receiving the delivery confirmation notification message for that, the packet after sequence number 5 is transmitted to MN1 (steps S39 and S40). Further, the MN1 expects a data packet when it receives a data packet with a sequence number different from the sequence number notified to the FA 22 in the above step S37, or when a data packet is not transmitted even after a predetermined time has elapsed. Is not received, a delivery confirmation notification message is transmitted again to request transmission of a data packet having the same sequence number.

  Note that the error recovery processing for recovering the loss of the data packet in the present embodiment is not limited to the application to the first embodiment using “Mobile IPv4” described above, but in the third embodiment using “Mobile IPv4”. It is also possible to apply to. The present invention can also be applied to Embodiments 2 and 4 using “Mobile IPv6”. Further, the present invention can be applied to the fifth embodiment.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the HA multicasts a data packet, the data packet is transmitted with a sequence number assigned thereto, and the MN assigns the sequence number expected to be received next to the FA. I decided to notify. This makes it possible to prevent loss of data packets when the connection destination is switched due to handover, for example.

Embodiment 7 FIG.
Subsequently, the operation of the seventh embodiment will be described. The present embodiment is characterized in that when the MN moves and the connected FA is changed, the destination FA starts the location registration process without receiving a location registration message from the MN. The configuration of the mobile IP network of the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment described above.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a control sequence of the seventh embodiment among the MN1, the mobile station 2, the base station 11, the base station 12, the FA 21, the FA 22 and the HA 20 when executing the handover method according to the present invention. The control sequence in the case where MN1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the FA 22 after connecting to the FA 21 via the base station 11 is shown. In addition, about the process similar to the operation | movement of Embodiment 1 mentioned above, the code | symbol same as the process shown in FIG. 2 is provided, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Here, the location registration control operation when the MN 1 moves to the subordinate of the base station 12 connected to the FA 22 after connecting to the FA 21 via the base station 11 will be described based on FIG. 1 and FIG. The control sequence of the present embodiment includes step S6f instead of step S6 of FIG. 2 showing the control sequence of the first embodiment described above.

  The MN1, the mobile station 2, the FA 21, and the HA 20 execute the processes of steps S1 to S5 as in the first embodiment. Thereafter, the FA 21 transmits an address notification message including a correspondence table of the MAC address of the MN 1, the HoA, the wireless ID of the mobile station 2, and the HA address (IP address) of the HA 20 to the FA 22 (step S 6 f). The FA 22 that has received the address notification message holds a correspondence table of the MAC address of the MN 1, HoA, the wireless ID of the mobile station 2, and the HA address of the HA 20.

  Next, when the MN 1 and the mobile station 2 move under the base station 12, the base station 12 that has established a radio link with the mobile station 2 transmits an L2 trigger message including the radio ID to the FA 22 (step S11). ). The FA 22 determines that the MN 1 has moved under the control based on the wireless ID included in the received L2 trigger message, and the correspondence between the wireless ID and the MAC address, HoA, wireless ID, and HA address received in step S6f. Based on the table, the MAC address and HoA of MN1 are acquired, and location registration processing is performed using these information (steps S17 and S18). In the case where the FA 22 holds information about the next destination candidate FA of MN1, the position including the care-of address CoA used in the destination candidate FA as in the above-described steps S4 to S6f. The registration message is transmitted to HA 20, and further, an address notification message including the MAC address of MN1, HoA, HA address of HA 20, and radio ID is transmitted to destination candidate FA.

  Further, the mobile station 2 notifies the MN 1 that the radio link with the base station 12 has been established after executing the radio link establishment process (corresponding to step S10). The MN 1 that has received the notification determines that the care-of address has been changed to the care-of address CoA # 22 used under the FA 22 acquired in step S2.

  In the present embodiment, “the process in which the FA transmits a location registration message to the HA without receiving a location registration message from the MN (corresponding to step S17)” uses the above-mentioned “Mobile IPv4”. The present invention can be applied not only to the first embodiment but also to the third embodiment using “Mobile IPv4”. The present invention can also be applied to Embodiments 2 and 4 using “Mobile IPv6”. Further, it can be applied simultaneously with the processing of the fifth or sixth embodiment, and further, can be applied simultaneously with the processing of the fifth and sixth embodiments.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the FA transmits a location registration message to the HA on behalf of the MN when the FA receives the L2 trigger message notifying that the MN has moved. The transmission of the location registration message is omitted. As a result, the location registration process can be simplified, and communication resources can be prevented from being consumed more than necessary.

  As described above, the handover method according to the present invention is useful for a mobile IP network. In particular, in a mobile IP network, a mobile terminal or a router moves from a subordinate of a specific base station to a subordinate of another base station. It is suitable as a handover method adopted in

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the mobile IP network which implement | achieves the hand-over method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the control sequence of Embodiment 1 of the handover method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the mobile IP network which implement | achieves the hand-over method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the control sequence of Embodiment 2 of the hand-over method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the control sequence of Embodiment 3 of the hand-over method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the control sequence of Embodiment 4 of the hand-over method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the control sequence of Embodiment 5 of the hand-over method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the control sequence of Embodiment 6 of the hand-over method concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the control sequence of Embodiment 7 of the hand-over method concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile node (MN)
2 Wireless mobile stations 11, 12 Wireless base stations 20 Home agent (HA)
21, 22 Foreign Agent (FA)
23, 24 Access router (AR)

Claims (11)

In a mobile IP (Internet Protocol) network including a home agent (HA), a foreign agent (FA), a mobile terminal or a router (MN: Mobile Node), a base where the MN is connected to a specific FA A handover method when moving from a subordinate of a station to a subordinate of a base station connected to another FA,
A location registration step in which the MN transmits a location registration message including a home address (HoA) and a wireless layer address (wireless ID) to a connected FA (first FA) via a base station;
The address at which the first FA informs the FA (second FA) connected to the base station that is a candidate for the handover destination of the MN about the correspondence between the MAC address, HoA, and radio ID of the MN. A notification process;
When the MN moves from a base station connected to the first FA to a base station connected to the second FA, and the second FA receives an L2 trigger message, When the second FA acquires the MAC address and HoA of the MN based on the wireless ID included in the L2 trigger message, and thereafter receives a data packet in which the HoA of the MN is set from the HA. A handover step of transferring a data packet in which the MAC address of the MN is set as a destination address of the MAC frame;
A handover method comprising: In a mobile IP (Internet Protocol) network including a home agent (HA), a foreign agent (FA), a mobile terminal or a router (MN: Mobile Node), a base where the MN is connected to a specific FA A handover method when moving from a subordinate of a station to a subordinate of a base station connected to another FA,
The FA that the MN is connected to via the base station (first FA) indicates the correspondence between the MAC address of the MN and the home address (HoA) to the base station that is a candidate for the handover destination of the MN. An address notification step of notifying the connected FA (second FA);
When the MN moves from a base station connected to the first FA to a base station connected to the second FA, and the second FA receives an L2 trigger message, When the second FA acquires the HoA based on the MAC address included in the L2 trigger message and subsequently receives a data packet in which the MN's HoA is set from the HA, the destination address of the MAC frame A handover step of transferring a data packet in which the MAC address of the MN is set,
A handover method comprising:   3. Each FA, when receiving an L2 trigger message indicating that the MN has moved under its control, immediately transmits a router advertisement message in which the HoA of the MN is set as a destination address. The handover method described in 1. Furthermore, when the HA receives a data packet addressed to the MN, a multicast transmission step of multicasting a data packet to which a sequence number is assigned to the first FA and the second FA;
A data storage step in which the second FA stores a data packet addressed to the MN;
Including
The MN moves from a base station connected to the first FA to a base station connected to the second FA, establishes a radio link, and then receives a sequence number of a data packet to be received next To the second FA,
The second FA transfers a data packet having a corresponding sequence number from the stored data packets to the MN, and thereafter transfers the data packets in order of the sequence number. 4. The handover method according to 2 or 3. The first FA notifies the second FA including the correspondence with the HA address in the correspondence relationship;
When the second FA receives the L2 trigger message, the location registration process (the HoA, the care-of address used in each FA is registered with the HA) based on the correspondence including the HA address. The handover method according to claim 1, wherein the processing is performed. In a mobile IP (Internet Protocol) network including a home agent (HA), an access router (AR), a mobile terminal, or a router (MN: Mobile Node), a MN is connected to a specific AR. A handover method when moving from a subordinate of a station to a subordinate of a base station connected to another AR,
The MN transmits an address information message including the MAC address and the radio layer address (radio ID) to the connected AR (first AR) via the base station, and the first AR An address notification step of notifying an AR (second AR) connected to a base station that is a candidate for a handover destination of the MN of the correspondence relationship between the MAC address and the radio ID included in the address information message;
A CoA generation step in which the second AR generates a care-of address (CoA) corresponding to the MN based on the correspondence relationship;
When the MN moves from a base station connected to the first AR to a base station connected to the second AR, and the second AR receives an L2 trigger message, When the second AR acquires the MAC address and CoA of the MN based on the radio ID included in the L2 trigger message, and thereafter receives a data packet in which the CoA is set, the destination of the MAC frame A handover step of transferring a data packet in which the MAC address of the MN is set as an address;
A handover method comprising: In the address notification step, the MN transmits a home address (HoA) further included in the address information message, and the first AR indicates the correspondence relationship between the MAC address, HoA, and the wireless ID. Notification to the AR,
In the handover step, when the second AR further acquires the HoA based on the radio ID included in the L2 trigger message, and thereafter receives the data packet in which the HoA is set, the destination of the MAC frame The handover method according to claim 6, wherein a data packet in which the MAC address of the MN is set as an address is transferred. In a mobile IP (Internet Protocol) network including a home agent (HA), an access router (AR), a mobile terminal, or a router (MN: Mobile Node), a MN is connected to a specific AR. A handover method when moving from a subordinate of a station to a subordinate of a base station connected to another AR,
The MN transmits an address information message including a MAC address and a home address (HoA) to the connected AR (first AR) via the base station, and further, the first AR An address notification step of notifying an AR (second AR) connected to a base station that is a candidate for a handover destination of the MN of the correspondence relationship between the MAC address and HoA included in the address information message;
A CoA generation step in which the second AR generates a care-of address (CoA) corresponding to the MN based on the correspondence relationship;
When the MN moves from a base station connected to the first AR to a base station connected to the second AR, and the second AR receives an L2 trigger message, When the second AR acquires the HoA and CoA of the MN based on the MAC address included in the L2 trigger message, and subsequently receives a data packet in which the HoA or CoA is set, A handover step of transferring a data packet in which the MAC address of the MN is set as a destination address;
A handover method comprising:   Each of the ARs, when receiving an L2 trigger message indicating that the MN has moved under the control, immediately transmits a router advertisement message in which the HoA of the MN is set as a destination address. Or the handover method according to 8; Further, when the HA receives a data packet addressed to the MN, a multicast transmission step of multicasting a data packet to which a sequence number is assigned to the first AR and the second AR;
A data storage step in which the second AR stores a data packet addressed to the MN;
Including
The MN moves from a base station connected to the first AR to a base station connected to the second AR, and after establishing a radio link, the sequence number of the data packet to be received next To the second AR,
The second AR transfers a data packet having a corresponding sequence number from the stored data packets to the MN, and thereafter transfers the data packets in order of the sequence number. The handover method according to any one of ˜9. The first AR notifies the second AR including the correspondence with the HA address in the correspondence relationship,
In response to the reception of the L2 trigger message, the second AR registers a location registration process (the HoA and a care-of address to be used in each AR) with respect to the HA based on the correspondence relationship including the HA address. The handover method according to claim 6, wherein the processing is performed.

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